REVISED - I’m Back For Real This Time (November 2007)
Man, I feel like it has been ages since I blogged last … wait … it has!!! I appreciate all of the messages I’ve received saying that you’ve missed my daily blogging! Makes me feel real loved and supported! So what have I been up to you ask? Well, I continue to train about 5 days a week. That’s my goal, so as far as I hit the gym 4 times I am feeling great. So far, I’ve been good and have made it 5 days each week. Tonight is an off day as I am going to see a play in the evening. So, it will only be a 4-day workout week. Tomorrow is going to be serious tho’. I’ll be training with Camillia up at another Goodlife that has real stairs we can use for cardio. I think I blogged about it in my July 2nd blog. Doing real stairs is an amazing workout. We’re gunning for 45 … and may even push it to 60. She’s prepping for a couple of shows this fall, so I’m trying to help her push it! My focus now on the gym is more in the way of cardio. I keep up with the weights, but focusing on light weights, high reps and really concentrating on the movement. So nice slow and easy. I’m still loving that Stepmill routine that I mentioned in my last blog. I’ve added to it, and truss me I’m getting a wicked 60 minute cardio session. The 2 weeks following the show, I must have re-introduced something into my diet that caused me to bloat a lot. It actually got quite uncomfortable. So this week, I took out one of ‘Muscle’s’ contest meal plans and stuck to it, and supplemented with a few other items; namely fruits, frozen yogurt, cheese, rice cakes w/ peanut butter and jam and as of today I am feeling a whole lot better. I’m no longer bloated and think I have an idea what caused it. I tell you … and I blogged it once … Knowledge is power, yes … but it’s the application of that knowledge that is the true power. I just had to take it one food item at a time until I was able to figure it out. Now I know … so it’s either eliminating completely or eating in moderation.
I’m also on the whole getting the right vitamins, so I’ve worked with a nutritionist on the natural supplements that I should be taking daily. I’ve actually never felt better. With my energy levels back up to where I’m used to them being, I’m like an amazon women … I’m getting stuff done at work, around the house, and not feeling the least bit tired / exhausted. Man, when you have your health you have about everything you need!!!! I have to send a shout out to Ardene … she is a Myspace user that has religiously read my blogs and encouraged me along my journey. Well … as this small world would have it … I worked out at the Brampton Goodlife yesterday, and just as I was leaving I see this familiar face walking towards me … I’d be damned … it was Ardene!! How amazing is that! It was so great meeting her and it actually felt like I knew her! I had to give her a hug and all! Hey Ardene!!!!! Time to get off to start my day! I promise not to be such a stranger and blog more often that I have been lately.
“Being the best that you can be is possible only if your desire to be a champion is greater than your fear of failure.” – Sammy Lee Have a great day! Cheers, Nke
